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d8A posteriori \[d8]A` pos*te`ri*o"ri\ [L. a (ab) + posterior latter.] 1. (Logic) Characterizing that kind of reasoning which derives propositions from the observation of facts, or by generalizations from facts arrives at principles and definitions, or infers causes from effects. This is the reverse of a priori reasoning. 2. (Philos.) Applied to knowledge which is based upon or derived from facts through induction or experiment; inductive or empirical. | |
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d8Apastron \[d8]Ap*as"tron\, n. [Gr. [?] from + [?] star.] (Astron.) That point in the orbit of a double star where the smaller star is farthest from its primary. | |
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d8Appoggiatura \[d8]Ap*pog`gia*tu"ra\, n. [It., fr. appogiarre to lean, to rest; ap- (L. ad) + poggiare to mount, ascend, poggio hill, fr. L. podium an elevated place.] (Mus.) A passing tone preceding an essential tone, and borrowing the time it occupies from that; a short auxiliary or grace note one degree above or below the principal note unless it be of the same harmony; -- generally indicated by a note of smaller size, as in the illustration above. It forms no essential part of the harmony. | |
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d8Avesta \[d8]A*ves"ta\, n. The Zoroastrian scriptures. See {Zend-Avesta}. | |
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d8Avocado \[d8]Av`o*ca"do\, n. [Corrupted from the Mexican ahuacatl: cf. Sp. aguacate, F. aguacat[82], avocat, G. avogadobaum.] The pulpy fruit of {Persea gratissima}, a tree of tropical America. It is about the size and shape of a large pear; -- called also {avocado pear}, {alligator pear}, {midshipman's butter}. | |
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d8Avocat \[d8]Av`o*cat\, n. [F.] An advocate. | |
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d8B88che de mer \[d8]B[88]che` de mer"\ [F., lit., a sea spade.] (Zo[94]l.) The trepang. | |
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d8Bacteriolysis \[d8]Bac*te`ri*ol"y*sis\, n. [NL.; fr. Gr. [?], [?], a staff + [?] a loosing.] 1. Chemical decomposition brought about by bacteria without the addition of oxygen. 2. The destruction or dissolution of bacterial cells. -- {Bac*te`ri*o*lyt"ic}, a. | |
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d8Bagatelle \[d8]Bag`a*telle"\, n. [F., fr. It. bagatella; cf. Prov. It. bagata trifle, OF. bague, Pr. bagua, bundle. See {Bag}, n.] 1. A trifle; a thing of no importance. Rich trifles, serious bagatelles. --Prior. 2. A game played on an oblong board, having, at one end, cups or arches into or through which balls are to be driven by a rod held in the hand of the player. | |
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d8Basidiomycetes \[d8]Ba*sid`i*o*my*ce"tes\, n. pl. [NL., fr. NL. & E. basidium + Gr. [?], [?], fungus.] (Bot.) A large subdivision of fungi co[94]rdinate with the {Ascomycetes}, characterized by having the spores borne on a basidium. It embraces those fungi best known to the public, such as mushrooms, toadstools, etc. | |
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d8Basidium \[d8]Ba*sid"i*um\, n. [NL., dim. of Gr. [?] base.] (Bot.) A special oblong or pyriform cell, with slender branches, which bears the spores in that division of fungi called Basidiomycetes, of which the common mushroom is an example. | |
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d8Bassetto \[d8]Bas*set"to\, n. [It., adj., somewhat low; n., counter tenor. See {Basso}.] (Mus.) A tenor or small bass viol. | |
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d8Basta \[d8]Bas"ta\, interj. [It.] Enough; stop. --Shak. | |
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d8Bois d'arc \[d8]Bois" d'arc"\ [F., bow wood. So called because used for bows by the Western Indians.] (Bot.) The Osage orange ({Maclura aurantiaca}). The bois d'arc seems to be the characteristic growth of the black prairies. --U. S. Census (1880). | |
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d8Bois durci \[d8]Bois" dur`ci"\ [F., hardened wood.] A hard, highly polishable composition, made of fine sawdust from hard wood (as rosewood) mixed with blood, and pressed. | |
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d8Bostryx \[d8]Bos"tryx\, n. [NL.; irreg. fr. Gr. [?] a curl.] (Bot.) A form of cymose inflorescence with all the flowers on one side of the rachis, usually causing it to curl; -- called also a {uniparous helicoid cyme}. | |
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d8Bougie d82cimale \[d8]Bou*gie" d[82]`ci`male"\ [F., lit., decimal candle.] A photometric standard used in France, having the value of one twentieth of the Violle platinum standard, or slightly less than a British standard candle. Called also {decimal candle}. | |
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d8Bouquetin \[d8]Bou`que*tin"\, n. [F.] (Zo[94]l.) The ibex. | |
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d8Boustrophedon \[d8]Bou`stro*phe"don\, n. [Gr. [?] turning like oxen in plowing; [?] to turn.] An ancient mode of writing, in alternate directions, one line from left to right, and the next from right to left (as fields are plowed), as in early Greek and Hittite. | |
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d8Bushido \[d8]Bu"shi`do`\ (b[oomac]"sh[emac]`d[omac]`), n. [Jap. bu military + shi knight + d[omac] way, doctrine, principle.] The unwritten code of moral principles regulating the actions of the Japanese knighthood, or Samurai; the chivalry of Japan. Unformulated, Bushido was and still is the animating spirit, the motor force of our country. --Inazo Nitob[82]. | |
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d8Busto \[d8]Bus"to\, n.; pl. {Bustoes}. [It.] A bust; a statue. With some antick bustoes in the niches. --Ashmole. | |
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d8De facto \[d8]De` fac"to\ [L.] Actually; in fact; in reality; as, a king de facto, -- distinguished from a king de jure, or by right. | |
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d8Depositum \[d8]De*pos"i*tum\ (-t[ucr]m), n. [L.] Deposit. | |
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d8Devastavit \[d8]Dev`as*ta"vit\, n. [L., he has wasted.] (Law) Waste or misapplication of the assets of a deceased person by an executor or an administrator. --Bouvier. | |
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d8Epicedium \[d8]Ep`i*ce"di*um\, n. [L.] An epicede. | |
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d8Epistaxis \[d8]Ep`i*stax"is\, n. [NL., fr. Gr. 'epi` upon + [?] to drop.] (Med.) Bleeding at the nose. | |
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d8Episternum \[d8]Ep`i*ster"num\, n.; pl. {Episterna}. [NL. See {Epi-}, and {Sternum}.] 1. (Anat.) (a) A median bone connected with the sternum, in many vertebrates; the interclavicle. (b) Same as {Epiplastron}. 2. (Zo[94]l.) One of the lateral pieces next to the sternum in the thorax of insects. | |
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d8Epistoma \[d8]E*pis"to*ma\, Epistome \Ep"i*stome\, n. [NL. epistoma, fr. Gr. 'epi` upon + [?], [?], mouth.] (Zo[94]l.) (a) The region between the antenn[91] and the mouth, in Crustacea. (b) A liplike organ that covers the mouth, in most Bryozoa. See Illust., under {Entoprocta}. | |
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d8Epistrophe \[d8]E*pis"tro*phe\, n. [L., from Gr. [?] a turning toward, return, fr. [?] to turn toward; 'epi` upon, to + [?] to turn.] (Rhet.) A figure in which successive clauses end with the same word or affirmation; e. g., [bd]Are they Hebrews? so am I. Are they Israelites? so am I.[b8] --2 Cor. xi. 22. | |
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d8Faceti91 \[d8]Fa*ce"ti*[91]\, n. pl. [L., fr. facetus. See {Facete}.] Witty or humorous writings or saying; witticisms; merry conceits. | |
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d8Facto \[d8]Fac"to\, adv. [L., ablative of factum deed, fact.] (Law) In fact; by the act or fact. {De facto}. (Law) See {De facto}. | |
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d8Factum \[d8]Fac"tum\, n.; pl. {Facta}. [L. See {Fact}.] 1. (Law) A man's own act and deed; particularly: (a) (Civil Law) Anything stated and made certain. (b) (Testamentary Law) The due execution of a will, including everything necessary to its validity. 2. (Mach.) The product. See {Facient}, 2. | |
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d8Fagotto \[d8]Fa*got"to\, n. [It. See {Fagot}.] (Mus.) The bassoon; -- so called from being divided into parts for ease of carriage, making, as it were, a small fagot. | |
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d8Fasti \[d8]Fas"ti\, n.pl. [L.] 1. The Roman calendar, which gave the days for festivals, courts, etc., corresponding to a modern almanac. 2. Records or registers of important events. | |
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d8Fiesta \[d8]Fies"ta\, n. [Sp. See {Feast}, n.] Among Spanish, a religious festival; a saint's day or holiday; also, a holiday or festivity. Even . . . a bullfight is a fiesta. --Am. Dialect Notes. Some fiesta, when all the surrounding population were expected to turn out in holiday dress for merriment. --The Century. | |
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d8Fistuca \[d8]Fis*tu"ca\, n. [L.] An instrument used by the ancients in driving piles. | |
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d8Fistula \[d8]Fis"tu*la\ (?; 135), n.; pl. {Fistul[91]}. [L.] 1. A reed; a pipe. 2. A pipe for convejing water. [Obs.] --Knight. 3. (Med.) A permanent abnormal opening into the soft parts with a constant discharge; a deep, narrow, chronic abscess; an abnormal opening between an internal cavity and another cavity or the surface; as, a salivary fistula; an anal fistula; a recto-vaginal fistula. {Incomplete fistula} (Med.), a fistula open at one end only. | |
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d8Fistularia \[d8]Fis`tu*la"ri*a\, n. [NL., fr. L. fistula pipe.] (Zo[94]l.) A genus of fishes, having the head prolonged into a tube, with the mouth at the extremity. | |
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d8Fossette \[d8]Fos`sette"\ (? [or] ?), n. [F., dim. of fosse a fosse.] 1. A little hollow; hence, a dimple. 2. (Med.) A small, deep-centered ulcer of the transparent cornea. | |
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d8Fougade \[d8]Fou`gade"\, d8Fougasse \[d8]Fou`gasse"\, n. (Mil.) A small mine, in the form of a well sunk from the surface of the ground, charged with explosive and projectiles. It is made in a position likely to be occupied by the enemy. | |
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d8Fugato \[d8]Fu*ga"to\, a. (Mus.) in the gugue style, but not strictly like a fugue. -- n. A composition resembling a fugue. | |
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d8Fughetta \[d8]Fu*ghet"ta\, n. [It.] (Mus.) a short, condensed fugue. --Grove. | |
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d8Hyposternum \[d8]Hy`po*ster"num\, n.; pl. L. {Hyposterna}, E. {Hyposternums}. [Pref. hypo- + sternum.] (Anat.) See {Hypoplastron}. | |
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Hypostome \Hy"po*stome\, d8Hypostoma \[d8]Hy*pos"to*ma\, n. [NL. hypostoma, fr. Gr. "ypo` beneath + [?] mouth.] (Zo[94]l.) The lower lip of trilobites, crustaceans, etc. | |
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d8Opisthion \[d8]O*pis"thi*on\, n. [NL., fr. Gr. [?] hinder.] (Anat.) The middle of the posterior, or dorsal, margin of the great foramen of the skull. | |
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d8Opisthobranchia \[d8]O*pis`tho*bran"chi*a\, Opisthobranchiata \O*pis`tho*bran`chi*a"ta\, n. pl. [NL., from Gr. [?] behind + [?] gills.] (Zo[94]l.) A division of gastropod Mollusca, in which the breathing organs are usually situated behind the heart. It includes the tectibranchs and nudibranchs. | |
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d8Opisthoglypha \[d8]O*pis`tho*glyph"a\, n. pl. [NL., from Gr. [?] behind + [?] to carve.] (Zo[94]l.) A division of serpents which have some of the posterior maxillary teeth grooved for fangs. | |
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d8Opisthomi \[d8]Op`is*tho"mi\, n. pl. [NL., fr. Gr. [?] behind + [?] the shoulder.] (Zo[94]l.) An order of eellike fishes having the scapular arch attached to the vertebr[91], but not connected with the skull. | |
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d8Opisthotonos \[d8]Op`is*thot"o*nos\, n. [NL., from Gr. [?] backwards + [?] a stretching.] (Med.) A tetanic spasm in which the body is bent backwards and stiffened. | |
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d8Pachydermata \[d8]Pach`y*der"ma*ta\, n. pl. [NL., fr. Gr. [?] thick-skinned; pachy`s thick + [?] skin.] (Zo[94]l.) A group of hoofed mammals distinguished for the thickness of their skins, including the elephant, hippopotamus, rhinoceros, tapir, horse, and hog. It is now considered an artificial group. | |
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d8Pasticcio \[d8]Pas*tic"ci*o\, n. [It., fr. pasta. See {Paste}.] 1. A medley; an olio. [R.] --H. Swinburne. 2. (Fine Arts) (a) A work of art imitating directly the work of another artist, or of more artists than one. (b) A falsified work of art, as a vase or statue made up of parts of original works, with missing parts supplied. | |
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d8Pastorale \[d8]Pas`to*ra"le\, n. [It.] 1. (Mus.) A composition in a soft, rural style, generally in 6-8 or 12-8 time. 2. A kind of dance; a kind of figure used in a dance. | |
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d8Pectinibranchiata \[d8]Pec`ti*ni*bran`chi*a"ta\, n. pl. [NL. See {Pecten}, and {Branchia}.] (Zo[94]l.) A division of Gastropoda, including those that have a comblike gill upon the neck. | |
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d8Pectostraca \[d8]Pec*tos"tra*ca\, n. pl. [NL., fr. Gr. [?] fixed + [?] shell of a testacean.] (Zo[94]l.) A degenerate order of Crustacea, including the Rhizocephala and Cirripedia. | |
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d8Pectus \[d8]Pec"tus\, n.; pl. {Pectora}. [L., the breast.] (Zo[94]l.) The breast of a bird. | |
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d8Pegador \[d8]Pe`ga*dor"\, n. [Sp., a sticker.] (Zo[94]l.) A species of remora ({Echeneis naucrates}). See {Remora}. | |
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d8Peseta \[d8]Pe*se"ta\, n. [Sp.] A Spanish silver coin, and money of account, equal to about nineteen cents, and divided into 100 centesimos. | |
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d8Phocodontia \[d8]Pho`co*don"ti*a\, n. pl. [NL., fr. Gr. [?] a seal + [?], [?], a tooth.] (Zo[94]l.) A group of extinct carnivorous whales. Their teeth had compressed and serrated crowns. It includes Squalodon and allied genera. | |
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d8Picador \[d8]Pic`a*dor"\, n. [Sp.] A horseman armed with a lance, who in a bullfight receives the first attack of the bull, and excites him by picking him without attempting to kill him. | |
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d8Picot \[d8]Pi`cot"\, n. [F.] One of many small loops, as of thread, forming an ornamental border, as on a ribbon. | |
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d8Pictura \[d8]Pic*tu"ra\, n. [L., a painting.] (Zo[94]l.) Pattern of coloration. | |
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d8Piscator \[d8]Pis*ca"tor\, n. [L.] A fisherman; an angler. | |
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d8Pistacia \[d8]Pis*ta"ci*a\, n. [NL. See {Pistachio}.] (Bot.) The name of a genus of trees, including the tree which bears the pistachio, the Mediterranean mastic tree ({Pistacia Lentiscus}), and the species ({P. Terebinthus}) which yields Chian or Cyprus turpentine. | |
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d8Pistillidium \[d8]Pis`til*lid"i*um\, n.; pl. {Pistillida}. [NL., fr. E. pistil.] (Bot.) Same as {Archegonium}. | |
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d8Postcava \[d8]Post"ca`va\, n.; pl. {Postcav[91]} . [NL. See {Post-}, and {Cave}, n.] (Anat.) The inferior vena cava. -- {Post"ca`val}, a. --B. G. Wilder. | |
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d8Postcornu \[d8]Post*cor"nu\, n.; pl. {Postcornua}. [NL. See {Post-}, and {Cornu}.] (Anat.) The posterior horn of each lateral ventricle of the brain. --B. G. Wilder. | |
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d8Postea \[d8]Post"e*a\, n. [L., after these or those (things), afterward.] (Law) The return of the judge before whom a cause was tried, after a verdict, of what was done in the cause, which is indorsed on the nisi prius record. --Wharton. | |
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d8Postfactum \[d8]Post`fac"tum\, n. [LL.] (Rom. & Eng. Law) Same as {Postfact}. | |
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d8Postfurca \[d8]Post*fur"ca\, n.; pl. {Postfurc[91]}. [NL., fr. post behind + furca a fork.] (Zo[94]l.) One of the internal thoracic processes of the sternum of an insect. | |
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d8Postliminium \[d8]Post`li*min"i*um\, Postliminy \Post*lim"i*ny\, n. [L. postliminium, post after + limen, liminis, a threshold.] 1. (Rom. Antiq.) The return to his own country, and his former privileges, of a person who had gone to sojourn in a foreign country, or had been banished, or taken by an enemy. --Burrill. 2. (Internat. Law) The right by virtue of which persons and things taken by an enemy in war are restored to their former state when coming again under the power of the nation to which they belonged. --Kent. | |
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d8Post-mortem \[d8]Post-mor"tem\, a. [L., after death.] After death; as, post-mortem rigidity. {Post-mortem examination} (Med.), an examination of the body made after the death of the patient; an autopsy. | |
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d8Postnares \[d8]Post*na"res\, n. pl. [NL. See {Post-}, and {Nares}.] (Anat.) The posterior nares. See {Nares}. | |
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d8Postoblongata \[d8]Post*ob`lon*ga"ta\, n. [NL. See {Post-}, and {Oblongata}.] (Anat.) The posterior part of the medulla oblongata. --B. G. Wilder. | |
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d8Postscapula \[d8]Post*scap"u*la\, n. [NL. See {Post-}, and {Scapula}.] (Anat.) The part of the scapula behind or below the spine, or mesoscapula. | |
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d8Postscenium \[d8]Post*sce"ni*um\, n. [L., fr. post + scena a scene.] The part of a theater behind the scenes; the back part of the stage of a theater. | |
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d8Postscutellum \[d8]Post`scu*tel"lum\, n. [NL. See {Post-}, and {Scutellum}.] (Zo[94]l.) The hindermost dorsal piece of a thoracic somite of an insect; the plate behind the scutellum. | |
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d8Post-tragus \[d8]Post"-tra`gus\, n. [NL. See {Post-}, and {Tragus}.] (Anat.) A ridge within and behind the tragus in the ear of some animals. | |
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d8Postulatum \[d8]Pos`tu*la"tum\, n.; pl. {Postulata}. [L. See {Postulate}, n.] A postulate. --Addison. | |
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d8Postzygapophysis \[d8]Post*zyg`a*poph"y*sis\, n.; pl. {Postzygapophyses}. [NL. See {Post-}, and {Zygapophysis}.] (Anat.) A posterior zygapophysis. | |
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d8Pou sto \[d8]Pou sto\ (p[oomac] st[omac]; pou st[omac]). [Gr. poy^ stw^ where I may stand; -- from the reputed saying of Archimedes, [bd]Give me where I may stand and I will move the whole world with my steelyard.[b8]] A place to stand upon; a locus standi; hence, a foundation or basis for operations. | |
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d8Pseud91sthesia \[d8]Pseu`d[91]s*the"si*a\, n. [NL. See {Pseudo-}, and {[92]sthesia}.] (Physiol.) False or imaginary feeling or sense perception such as occurs in hypochondriasis, or such as is referred to an organ that has been removed, as an amputated foot. | |
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d8Pseudoblepsis \[d8]Pseu`do*blep"sis\, n. [NL., fr. Gr. pseydh`s false + ble`psis sight.] (Med.) False or depraved sight; imaginary vision of objects. --Forsyth. | |
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d8Pseudobranchia \[d8]Pseu`do*bran"chi*a\, n.; pl. {Pseudobranchi[91]}. [NL. See {Pseudo-}, and {Branchia}.] (Anat.) A rudimentary branchia, or gill. -- {Pseu`do*bran"chi*al}, a. | |
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d8Pseudocd2lia \[d8]Pseu`do*c[d2]"li*a\, n. [NL., fr. Gr. pseydh`s false + [?] hollow.] (Anat.) The fifth ventricle in the mammalian brain. See {Ventricle}. --B. G. Wilder. | |
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d8Pseudofilaria \[d8]Pseu`do*fi*la"ri*a\, n.; pl. {Pseudofilari[?]}. [NL. See {Pseudo-}, and {Filaria}.] (Zo[94]l.) One of the two elongated vibratile young formed by fission of the embryo during the development of certain Gregarin[91]. | |
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d8Pseudohalter \[d8]Pseu`do*hal"ter\, n.; pl. {Pseudohalteres}. [NL. See {Pseudo-}, and {Halteres}.] (Zo[94]l.) One of the rudimentary front wings of certain insects ({Stylops}). They resemble the halteres, or rudimentary hind wings, of Diptera. | |
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d8Pseudonavicella \[d8]Pseu`do*nav`i*cel"la\, n.; pl. {Pseudonavicull[91]}. [NL.] (Zo[94]l.) Same as {Pseudonavicula}. | |
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d8Pseudonavicula \[d8]Pseu`do*na*vic"u*la\, n.; pl. {Pseudonavicul[91]}. [NL., fr. Gr. pseydh`s false + NL. navicula, a genus of diatoms. See {Navicular}.] (Zo[94]l.) One of the minute spindle-shaped embryos of Gregarin[91] and some other Protozoa. | |
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d8Pseudoneuroptera \[d8]Pseu`do*neu*rop"te*ra\, n. pl. [NL. See {Pseudo-}, and {Neuroptera}.] (Zo[94]l.) division of insects (Zo[94]l.) reticulated wings, as in the Neuroptera, but having an active pupa state. It includes the dragon flies, May flies, white ants, etc. By some zo[94]logists they are classed with the Orthoptera; by others, with the Neuroptera. | |
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d8Pseudopod \[d8]Pseu"do*pod\, n. [Pseudo- + -pod.] 1. (Biol.) Any protoplasmic filament or irregular process projecting from any unicellular organism, or from any animal or plant call. 2. (Zo[94]l.) A rhizopod. | |
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d8Pseudopodium \[d8]Pseu`do*po"di*um\, n.; pl. {Pseudopodia}. [NL.] Same as {Pseudopod}. | |
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d8Pseudopupa \[d8]Pseu`do*pu"pa\, n.; pl. L. {Pseudopup[91]}, E. {Pseudopupas}. [NL. See {Pseudo-}, and {Pupa}.] (Zo[94]l.) A stage intermediate between the larva and pupa of bees and certain other hymenopterous insects. | |
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d8Pseudoscorpiones \[d8]Pseu`do*scor`pi*o"nes\, n. pl. [NL. See {Pseudo-}, and {Scorpion}.] (Zo[94]l.) An order of Arachnoidea having the palpi terminated by large claws, as in the scorpions, but destitute of a caudal sting; the false scorpions. Called also {Pseudoscorpii}, and {Pseudoscorpionina}. See Illust. of {Book scorpion}, under Book. | |
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d8Pseudostella \[d8]Pseu`do*stel"la\, n.; pl. {-l[91]}. [NL., fr. Gr. pseydh`s false + L. stella star.] (Astron.) Any starlike meteor or phenomenon. [R.] | |
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d8Pseudostoma \[d8]Pseu*dos"to*ma\, n.; pl. {Pseudostomata}. [NL. See {Pseudo-}, and {Stoma}.] (Anat.) A group of cells resembling a stoma, but without any true aperture among them. | |
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d8Pseudotetramera \[d8]Pseu`do*te*tram"e*ra\, n. pl. [NL. See {Pseudo-}, and {Tetramerous}.] (Zo[94]l.) A division of beetles having the fifth tarsal joint minute and obscure, so that there appear to be but four joints. -- {Pseu`do*te*tram"er*al}, a. | |
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d8Pseudotinea \[d8]Pseu`do*tin"e*a\, n.; pl. {Pseudotine[91]}. [NL. See {Pseudo-}, and {Tinea}.] (Zo[94]l.) The bee moth, or wax moth ({Galleria}). | |
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d8Pseudovum \[d8]Pseu*do"vum\, n.; pl. {Pseudova}. [NL. See {Pseudo-}, and {Ovum}.] (Zo[94]l.) An egglike germ produced by the agamic females of some insects and other animals, and by the larv[91] of certain insects. It is capable of development without fertilization. See Illust. of {P[91]dogenesis}. | |
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d8Psittaci \[d8]Psit"ta*ci\, n. pl. [NL.] (Zo[94]l.) The order of birds which comprises the parrots. | |
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d8Pygidium \[d8]Py*gid"i*um\, n.; pl. {Pygidia}. [NL., fr. Gr. [?], dim. of [?] the rump.] (Zo[94]l.) The caudal plate of trilobites, crustacean, and certain insects. See Illust. of {Limulus} and {Trilobite}. | |
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d8Pyxidium \[d8]Pyx*id"i*um\, n.; pl. {Pyxidia}. [NL., fr. Gr. [?], dim. a [?] a box. See {Pyx}.] (Bot.) (a) A pod which divides circularly into an upper and lower half, of which the former acts as a kind of lid, as in the pimpernel and purslane. (b) The theca of mosses. | |
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d8Tabes \[d8]Ta"bes\, n. [L., a wasting disease.] (Med.) Progressive emaciation of the body, accompained with hectic fever, with no well-marked logical symptoms. {[d8]Tabes dorsalis}[NL., tabes of the back], locomotor ataxia; -- sometimes called simply tabes. {[d8]Tabes mesenterica}[NL., mesenteric tabes], a wasting disease of childhood characterized by chronic inflammation of the lymphatic glands of the mesentery, attended with caseous degeneration. | |
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d8Vacatur \[d8]Va*ca"tur\, n. [NL., it is made void, fr. L. vacare to be empty. See {Vacant}.] (Law) An order of court by which a proceeding is set aside or annulled. | |
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d8Vas \[d8]Vas\, n.; pl. {Vasa}. [L., a vessel. See {Vase}.] (Anat.) A vessel; a duct. {[d8]Vas deferens}; pl. {Vasa deferentia}. [L. vas vessel + deferens carrying down.] (Anat.) The excretory duct of a testicle; a spermatic duct. | |
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d8Vestales \[d8]Ves*ta"les\, n. pl. [NL. See {Vestal}.] (Zo[94]l.) A group of butterflies including those known as virgins, or gossamer-winged butterflies. | |
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d8Vestibulum \[d8]Ves*tib"u*lum\, n.; pl. {Vestibula}. [L., vestibule.] (Zo[94]l.) A cavity into which, in certain bryozoans, the esophagus and anus open. | |
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d8Victus \[d8]Vic"tus\, n. [L.] (Zo[94]l.) Food; diet. | |
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Dabster \Dab"ster\, n. [Cf. {Dab} an expert.] One who is skilled; a master of his business; a proficient; an adept. [Colloq.] Note: Sometimes improperly used for dabbler; as, [bd]I am but a dabster with gentle art.[b8] | |
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d8Facto \[d8]Fac"to\, adv. [L., ablative of factum deed, fact.] (Law) In fact; by the act or fact. {De facto}. (Law) See {De facto}. | |
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Debacchate \De*bac"chate\, v. i. [L. debacchatus, p. p. of debacchari to rage; de- + bacchari to rage like a bacchant.] To rave as a bacchanal. [R.] --Cockeram. | |
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Debacchation \De`bac*cha"tion\, n. [L. debacchatio.] Wild raving or debauchery. [R.] --Prynne. | |
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Debased \De*based"\, a. (Her.) Turned upside down from its proper position; inverted; reversed. | |
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Debase \De*base"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Debased}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Debasing}.] [Pref. de- + base. See {Base}, a., and cf. {Abase}.] To reduce from a higher to a lower state or grade of worth, dignity, purity, station, etc.; to degrade; to lower; to deteriorate; to abase; as, to debase the character by crime; to debase the mind by frivolity; to debase style by vulgar words. The coin which was adulterated and debased. --Hale. It is a kind of taking God's name in vain to debase religion with such frivolous disputes. --Hooker. And to debase the sons, exalts the sires. --Pope. Syn: To abase; degrade. See {Abase}. | |
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Debauch \De*bauch"\, v. t. & i. [imp. & p. p. {Debauched}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Debauching}.] [F. d[82]baucher, prob. originally, to entice away from the workshop; pref. d[82]- (L. dis- or de) + OF. bauche, bauge, hut, cf. F. bauge lair of a wild boar; prob. from G. or Icel., cf. Icel. b[be]lkr. See {Balk}, n.] To lead away from purity or excellence; to corrupt in character or principles; to mar; to vitiate; to pollute; to seduce; as, to debauch one's self by intemperance; to debauch a woman; to debauch an army. Learning not debauched by ambition. --Burke. A man must have got his conscience thoroughly debauched and hardened before he can arrive to the height of sin. --South. Her pride debauched her judgment and her eyes. --Cowley. | |
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Debauched \De*bauched"\, a. Dissolute; dissipated. [bd]A coarse and debauched look.[b8] --Ld. Lytton. | |
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Debauchedly \De*bauch"ed*ly\, adv. In a profligate manner. | |
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Debauchedness \De*bauch"ed*ness\, n. The state of being debauched; intemperance. --Bp. Hall. | |
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Debouch \De*bouch"\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Debouched}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Debouching}.] [F. d[82]boucher; pref. d[82]- (L. dis- or de) + boucher to stop up, fr. bouche mouth, fr. L. bucca the cheek. Cf. {Disembogue}.] To march out from a wood, defile, or other confined spot, into open ground; to issue. Battalions debouching on the plain. --Prescott. | |
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Deep \Deep\ (d[emac]p), a. [Compar. {Deeper}; superl. {Deepest}.] [OE. dep, deop, AS. de[a2]p; akin to D. diep, G. tief, Icel. dj[d4]pr, Sw. diup, Dan. dyb, Goth. diups; fr. the root of E. dip, dive. See {Dip}, {Dive}.] 1. Extending far below the surface; of great perpendicular dimension (measured from the surface downward, and distinguished from high, which is measured upward); far to the bottom; having a certain depth; as, a deep sea. The water where the brook is deep. --Shak. 2. Extending far back from the front or outer part; of great horizontal dimension (measured backward from the front or nearer part, mouth, etc.); as, a deep cave or recess or wound; a gallery ten seats deep; a company of soldiers six files deep. Shadowing squadrons deep. --Milton. Safely in harbor Is the king's ship in the deep nook. --Shak. 3. Low in situation; lying far below the general surface; as, a deep valley. 4. Hard to penetrate or comprehend; profound; -- opposed to shallow or superficial; intricate; mysterious; not obvious; obscure; as, a deep subject or plot. Speculations high or deep. --Milton. A question deep almost as the mystery of life. --De Quincey. O Lord, . . . thy thoughts are very deep. --Ps. xcii. 5. 5. Of penetrating or far-reaching intellect; not superficial; thoroughly skilled; sagacious; cunning. Deep clerks she dumbs. --Shak. 6. Profound; thorough; complete; unmixed; intense; heavy; heartfelt; as, deep distress; deep melancholy; deep horror. [bd]Deep despair.[b8] --Milton. [bd]Deep silence.[b8] --Milton. [bd]Deep sleep.[b8] --Gen. ii. 21. [bd]Deeper darkness.[b8] -->Hoole. [bd]Their deep poverty.[b8] --2 Cor. viii. 2. An attitude of deep respect. --Motley. 7. Strongly colored; dark; intense; not light or thin; as, deep blue or crimson. 8. Of low tone; full-toned; not high or sharp; grave; heavy. [bd]The deep thunder.[b8] --Byron. The bass of heaven's deep organ. --Milton. 9. Muddy; boggy; sandy; -- said of roads. --Chaucer. The ways in that vale were very deep. --Clarendon. {A deep line of operations} (Military), a long line. {Deep mourning} (Costume), mourning complete and strongly marked, the garments being not only all black, but also composed of lusterless materials and of such fashion as is identified with mourning garments. | |
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Deep-waisted \Deep"-waist`ed\, a. (Naut.) Having a deep waist, as when, in a ship, the poop and forecastle are much elevated above the deck. | |
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Deface \De*face"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Defaced}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Defacing}.] [OE. defacen to disfigure, efface, OF. desfacier; L. dis- + facies face. See {Face}, and cf. {Efface}.] 1. To destroy or mar the face or external appearance of; to disfigure; to injure, spoil, or mar, by effacing or obliterating important features or portions of; as, to deface a monument; to deface an edifice; to deface writing; to deface a note, deed, or bond; to deface a record. [bd]This high face defaced.[b8] --Emerson. So by false learning is good sense defaced. --Pope. 2. [Cf. F. d[82]faire.] To destroy; to make null. [Obs.] [Profane scoffing] doth . . . deface the reverence of religion. --Bacon. For all his power was utterly defaste [defaced]. --Spenser. Syn: See {Efface}. | |
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Defecate \Def"e*cate\, v. i. 1. To become clear, pure, or free. --Goldsmith. 2. To void excrement. | |
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Defecate \Def"e*cate\, a. [L. defaecatus, p. p. of defaecare to defecate; de- + faex, faecis, dregs, lees.] Freed from anything that can pollute, as dregs, lees, etc.; refined; purified. Till the soul be defecate from the dregs of sense. --Bates. | |
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Defecate \Def"e*cate\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Defecated}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Defecating}.] 1. To clear from impurities, as lees, dregs, etc.; to clarify; to purify; to refine. To defecate the dark and muddy oil of amber. --Boyle. 2. To free from extraneous or polluting matter; to clear; to purify, as from that which materializes. We defecate the notion from materiality. --Glanvill. Defecated from all the impurities of sense. --Bp. Warburton. | |
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Defecate \Def"e*cate\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Defecated}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Defecating}.] 1. To clear from impurities, as lees, dregs, etc.; to clarify; to purify; to refine. To defecate the dark and muddy oil of amber. --Boyle. 2. To free from extraneous or polluting matter; to clear; to purify, as from that which materializes. We defecate the notion from materiality. --Glanvill. Defecated from all the impurities of sense. --Bp. Warburton. | |
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Defecate \Def"e*cate\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Defecated}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Defecating}.] 1. To clear from impurities, as lees, dregs, etc.; to clarify; to purify; to refine. To defecate the dark and muddy oil of amber. --Boyle. 2. To free from extraneous or polluting matter; to clear; to purify, as from that which materializes. We defecate the notion from materiality. --Glanvill. Defecated from all the impurities of sense. --Bp. Warburton. | |
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Defecation \Def`e*ca"tion\, n. [L. defaecatio: cf. F. d[82]f[82]cation.] 1. The act of separating from impurities, as lees or dregs; purification. 2. (Physiol.) The act or process of voiding excrement. | |
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Defecator \Def"e*ca`tor\, n. That which cleanses or purifies; esp., an apparatus for removing the feculencies of juices and sirups. --Knight. | |
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Defect \De*fect"\, n. [L. defectus, fr. deficere, defectum, to desert, fail, be wanting; de- + facere to make, do. See {Fact}, {Feat}, and cf. {Deficit}.] 1. Want or absence of something necessary for completeness or perfection; deficiency; -- opposed to superfluity. Errors have been corrected, and defects supplied. --Davies. 2. Failing; fault; imperfection, whether physical or moral; blemish; as, a defect in the ear or eye; a defect in timber or iron; a defect of memory or judgment. Trust not yourself; but, your defects to know, Make use of every friend -- and every foe. --Pope. Among boys little tenderness is shown to personal defects. --Macaulay. Syn: Deficiency; imperfection; blemish. See {Fault}. | |
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Defect \De*fect"\, v. i. To fail; to become deficient. [Obs.] [bd]Defected honor.[b8] --Warner. | |
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Defect \De*fect"\, v. t. To injure; to damage. [bd]None can my life defect.[b8] [R.] --Troubles of Q. Elizabeth (1639). | |
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Defectibility \De*fect`i*bil"i*ty\, n. Deficiency; imperfection. [R.] --Ld. Digby. Jer. Taylor. | |
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Defectible \De*fect"i*ble\, a. Liable to defect; imperfect. [R.] [bd]A defectible understanding.[b8] --Jer. Taylor. | |
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Defection \De*fec"tion\, n. [L. defectio: cf. F. d[82]fection. See {Defect}.] Act of abandoning a person or cause to which one is bound by allegiance or duty, or to which one has attached himself; desertion; failure in duty; a falling away; apostasy; backsliding. [bd]Defection and falling away from God.[b8] --Sir W. Raleigh. The general defection of the whole realm. --Sir J. Davies. | |
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Defectionist \De*fec"tion*ist\, n. One who advocates or encourages defection. | |
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Defectious \De*fec"tious\, a. Having defects; imperfect. [Obs.] [bd]Some one defectious piece.[b8] --Sir P. Sidney. | |
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Defective \De*fect"ive\, a. [L. defectivus: cf. F. d[82]fectif. See {Defect}.] 1. Wanting in something; incomplete; lacking a part; deficient; imperfect; faulty; -- applied either to natural or moral qualities; as, a defective limb; defective timber; a defective copy or account; a defective character; defective rules. 2. (Gram.) Lacking some of the usual forms of declension or conjugation; as, a defective noun or verb. -- {De*fect"ive*ly}, adv. -- {De*fect"ive*ness}, n. | |
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Defective \De*fect"ive\, n. 1. Anything that is defective or lacking in some respect. 2. (Med.) One who is lacking physically or mentally. Note: Under the term defectives are included deaf-mutes, the blind, the feeble-minded, the insane, and sometimes, esp. in criminology, criminals and paupers. | |
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Imperfect \Im*per"fect\, a. [L. imperfectus: pref. im- not + perfectus perfect: cf. F imparfait, whence OE. imparfit. See {Perfect}.] 1. Not perfect; not complete in all its parts; wanting a part; deective; deficient. Something he left imperfect in the state. --Shak. Why, then, your other senses grow imperfect. --Shak. 2. Wanting in some elementary organ that is essential to successful or normal activity. He . . . stammered like a child, or an amazed, imperfect person. --Jer. Taylor. 3. Not fulfilling its design; not realizing an ideal; not conformed to a standard or rule; not satisfying the taste or conscience; esthetically or morally defective. Nothing imperfect or deficient left Of all that he created. --Milton. Then say not man's imperfect, Heaven in fault; Say rather, man's as perfect as he ought. --Pope. {Imperfect arch}, an arch of less than a semicircle; a skew arch. {Imperfect cadence} (Mus.), one not ending with the tonic, but with the dominant or some other chord; one not giving complete rest; a half close. {Imperfect consonances} (Mus.), chords like the third and sixth, whose ratios are less simple than those of the fifth and forth. {Imperfect flower} (Bot.), a flower wanting either stamens or pistils. --Gray. {Imperfect interval} (Mus.), one a semitone less than perfect; as, an imperfect fifth. {Imperfect number} (Math.), a number either greater or less than the sum of its several divisors; in the former case, it is called also a {defective number}; in the latter, an {abundant number}. {Imperfect obligations} (Law), obligations as of charity or gratitude, which cannot be enforced by law. {Imperfect power} (Math.), a number which can not be produced by taking any whole number or vulgar fraction, as a factor, the number of times indicated by the power; thus, 9 is a perfect square, but an imperfect cube. {Imperfect tense} (Gram), a tense expressing past time and incomplete action. | |
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Defective \De*fect"ive\, a. [L. defectivus: cf. F. d[82]fectif. See {Defect}.] 1. Wanting in something; incomplete; lacking a part; deficient; imperfect; faulty; -- applied either to natural or moral qualities; as, a defective limb; defective timber; a defective copy or account; a defective character; defective rules. 2. (Gram.) Lacking some of the usual forms of declension or conjugation; as, a defective noun or verb. -- {De*fect"ive*ly}, adv. -- {De*fect"ive*ness}, n. | |
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Defective \De*fect"ive\, a. [L. defectivus: cf. F. d[82]fectif. See {Defect}.] 1. Wanting in something; incomplete; lacking a part; deficient; imperfect; faulty; -- applied either to natural or moral qualities; as, a defective limb; defective timber; a defective copy or account; a defective character; defective rules. 2. (Gram.) Lacking some of the usual forms of declension or conjugation; as, a defective noun or verb. -- {De*fect"ive*ly}, adv. -- {De*fect"ive*ness}, n. | |
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Defectuosity \De*fec`tu*os"i*ty\ (?; 135), n. [Cf. F. d[82]fectuosit[82].] Great imperfection. [Obs.] --W. Montagu. | |
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Defectuous \De*fec"tu*ous\, a. [Cf. F. d[82]fectueux.] Full of defects; imperfect. [Obs.] --Barrow. | |
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Deficit \Def"i*cit\, n. [Lit., it is wanting, 3d person pres. indic. of L. deficere, cf. F. d[82]ficit. See {Defect}.] Deficiency in amount or quality; a falling short; lack; as, a deficit in taxes, revenue, etc. --Addison. | |
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Deification \De`i*fi*ca"tion\, n. [LL. deificare to deify: cf. F. d[82]ification. See {Deify}.] The act of deifying; exaltation to divine honors; apotheosis; excessive praise. | |
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Deobstruct \De`ob*struct"\, v. t. To remove obstructions or impediments in; to clear from anything that hinders the passage of fluids; as, to deobstruct the pores or lacteals. --Arbuthnot. | |
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Deobstruent \De*ob"stru*ent\, a. (Med.) Removing obstructions; having power to clear or open the natural ducts of the fluids and secretions of the body; aperient. -- n. (Med.) A medicine which removes obstructions; an aperient. | |
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Depasture \De*pas"ture\ (?; 135), v. t. & i. To pasture; to feed; to graze; also, to use for pasture. [R.] Cattle, to graze and departure in his grounds. --Blackstone. A right to cut wood upon or departure land. --Washburn. | |
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Depectible \De*pec"ti*ble\, a. [L. depectere to comb off; de- + pectere to comb.] Tough; thick; capable of extension. [Obs.] Some bodies are of a more depectible nature than oil. --Bacon. | |
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Depict \De*pict"\, p. p. [L. depictus, p. p. of depingere to depict; de- + pingere to paint. See {Paint}, and cf. {Depaint}, p. p.] Depicted. --Lydgate. | |
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Depict \De*pict"\, p. p. [L. depictus, p. p. of depinger[?] to depict; de- + pingere to paint. See {Paint}, and cf. {Depaint}, p. p.] Depicted. --Lydgate. | |
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Depict \De*pict"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Depicted}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Depicting}.] 1. To form a colored likeness of; to represent by a picture; to paint; to portray. His arms are fairly depicted in his chamber. --Fuller. 2. To represent in words; to describe vividly. C[91]sar's gout was then depicted in energetic language. --Motley. | |
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Depict \De*pict"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Depicted}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Depicting}.] 1. To form a colored likeness of; to represent by a picture; to paint; to portray. His arms are fairly depicted in his chamber. --Fuller. 2. To represent in words; to describe vividly. C[91]sar's gout was then depicted in energetic language. --Motley. | |
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Depict \De*pict"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Depicted}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Depicting}.] 1. To form a colored likeness of; to represent by a picture; to paint; to portray. His arms are fairly depicted in his chamber. --Fuller. 2. To represent in words; to describe vividly. C[91]sar's gout was then depicted in energetic language. --Motley. | |
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Depiction \De*pic"tion\, n. [L. depictio.] A painting or depicting; a representation. | |
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Depicture \De*pic"ture\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Depictured}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Depicturing}.] To make a picture of; to paint; to picture; to depict. Several persons were depictured in caricature. --Fielding. | |
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Depicture \De*pic"ture\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Depictured}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Depicturing}.] To make a picture of; to paint; to picture; to depict. Several persons were depictured in caricature. --Fielding. | |
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Depicture \De*pic"ture\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Depictured}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Depicturing}.] To make a picture of; to paint; to picture; to depict. Several persons were depictured in caricature. --Fielding. | |
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Depose \De*pose"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Deposed}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Deposing}.][FF. d[82]poser, in the sense of L. deponere to put down; but from pref. d[82]- (L. de) + poser to place. See {Pose}, {Pause}.] 1. To lay down; to divest one's self of; to lay aside. [Obs.] Thus when the state one Edward did depose, A greater Edward in his room arose. --Dryden. 2. To let fall; to deposit. [Obs.] Additional mud deposed upon it. --Woodward. 3. To remove from a throne or other high station; to dethrone; to divest or deprive of office. A tyrant over his subjects, and therefore worthy to be deposed. --Prynne. 4. To testify under oath; to bear testimony to; -- now usually said of bearing testimony which is officially written down for future use. --Abbott. To depose the yearly rent or valuation of lands. --Bacon. 5. To put under oath. [Obs.] Depose him in the justice of his cause. --Shak. | |
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Deposit \De*pos"it\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Deposited}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Depositing}.] [L. depositus, p. p. of deponere. See {Depone}, and cf. {Deposit}, n.] 1. To lay down; to place; to put; to let fall or throw down (as sediment); as, a crocodile deposits her eggs in the sand; the waters deposited a rich alluvium. The fear is deposited in conscience. --Jer. Taylor. 2. To lay up or away for safe keeping; to put up; to store; as, to deposit goods in a warehouse. 3. To lodge in some one's hands for safe keeping; to commit to the custody of another; to intrust; esp., to place in a bank, as a sum of money subject to order. 4. To lay aside; to rid one's self of. [Obs.] If what is written prove useful to you, to the depositing that which I can not but deem an error. --Hammond. Note: Both this verb and the noun following were formerly written {deposite}. | |
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Deposit \De*pos"it\, n. [L. depositum, fr. depositus, p. p. of deponere: cf. F. d[82]p[93]t, OF. depost. See {Deposit}, v. t., and cf. {Depot}.] 1. That which is deposited, or laid or thrown down; as, a deposit in a flue; especially, matter precipitated from a solution (as the siliceous deposits of hot springs), or that which is mechanically deposited (as the mud, gravel, etc., deposits of a river). The deposit already formed affording to the succeeding portion of the charged fluid a basis. --Kirwan. 2. (Mining) A natural occurrence of a useful mineral under the conditions to invite exploitation. --Raymond. 3. That which is placed anywhere, or in any one's hands, for safe keeping; something intrusted to the care of another; esp., money lodged with a bank or banker, subject to order; anything given as pledge or security. 4. (Law) (a) A bailment of money or goods to be kept gratuitously for the bailor. (b) Money lodged with a party as earnest or security for the performance of a duty assumed by the person depositing. 5. A place of deposit; a depository. [R.] {Bank of deposit}. See under {Bank}. {In deposit}, or {On deposit}, in trust or safe keeping as a deposit; as, coins were received on deposit. | |
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Depositary \De*pos"i*ta*ry\, n.; pl. {Depositaries}. [L. depositarius, fr. deponere. See {Deposit}.] 1. One with whom anything is lodged in the trust; one who receives a deposit; -- the correlative of depositor. I . . . made you my guardians, my depositaries. --Shak. The depositaries of power, who are mere delegates of the people. --J. S. Mill. 2. A storehouse; a depository. --Bp. Hurd. 3. (Law) One to whom goods are bailed, to be kept for the bailor without a recompense. --Kent. | |
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Depositary \De*pos"i*ta*ry\, n.; pl. {Depositaries}. [L. depositarius, fr. deponere. See {Deposit}.] 1. One with whom anything is lodged in the trust; one who receives a deposit; -- the correlative of depositor. I . . . made you my guardians, my depositaries. --Shak. The depositaries of power, who are mere delegates of the people. --J. S. Mill. 2. A storehouse; a depository. --Bp. Hurd. 3. (Law) One to whom goods are bailed, to be kept for the bailor without a recompense. --Kent. | |
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Deposit \De*pos"it\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Deposited}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Depositing}.] [L. depositus, p. p. of deponere. See {Depone}, and cf. {Deposit}, n.] 1. To lay down; to place; to put; to let fall or throw down (as sediment); as, a crocodile deposits her eggs in the sand; the waters deposited a rich alluvium. The fear is deposited in conscience. --Jer. Taylor. 2. To lay up or away for safe keeping; to put up; to store; as, to deposit goods in a warehouse. 3. To lodge in some one's hands for safe keeping; to commit to the custody of another; to intrust; esp., to place in a bank, as a sum of money subject to order. 4. To lay aside; to rid one's self of. [Obs.] If what is written prove useful to you, to the depositing that which I can not but deem an error. --Hammond. Note: Both this verb and the noun following were formerly written {deposite}. | |
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Deposit \De*pos"it\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Deposited}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Depositing}.] [L. depositus, p. p. of deponere. See {Depone}, and cf. {Deposit}, n.] 1. To lay down; to place; to put; to let fall or throw down (as sediment); as, a crocodile deposits her eggs in the sand; the waters deposited a rich alluvium. The fear is deposited in conscience. --Jer. Taylor. 2. To lay up or away for safe keeping; to put up; to store; as, to deposit goods in a warehouse. 3. To lodge in some one's hands for safe keeping; to commit to the custody of another; to intrust; esp., to place in a bank, as a sum of money subject to order. 4. To lay aside; to rid one's self of. [Obs.] If what is written prove useful to you, to the depositing that which I can not but deem an error. --Hammond. Note: Both this verb and the noun following were formerly written {deposite}. | |
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Deposit \De*pos"it\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Deposited}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Depositing}.] [L. depositus, p. p. of deponere. See {Depone}, and cf. {Deposit}, n.] 1. To lay down; to place; to put; to let fall or throw down (as sediment); as, a crocodile deposits her eggs in the sand; the waters deposited a rich alluvium. The fear is deposited in conscience. --Jer. Taylor. 2. To lay up or away for safe keeping; to put up; to store; as, to deposit goods in a warehouse. 3. To lodge in some one's hands for safe keeping; to commit to the custody of another; to intrust; esp., to place in a bank, as a sum of money subject to order. 4. To lay aside; to rid one's self of. [Obs.] If what is written prove useful to you, to the depositing that which I can not but deem an error. --Hammond. Note: Both this verb and the noun following were formerly written {deposite}. | |
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Deposition \Dep`o*si"tion\, n. [L. depositio, fr. deponere: cf. F. d[82]position. See {Deposit}.] 1. The act of depositing or deposing; the act of laying down or thrown down; precipitation. The deposition of rough sand and rolled pebbles. --H. Miller. 2. The act of bringing before the mind; presentation. The influence of princes upon the dispositions of their courts needs not the deposition of their examples, since it hath the authority of a known principle. --W. Montagu. | |
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Depositor \De*pos"i*tor\ (d[esl]*p[ocr]z"[icr]*t[etil]r), n. [L., fr. deponere. See {Depone}.] One who makes a deposit, especially of money in a bank; -- the correlative of depository. | |
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Depository \De*pos"i*to*ry\ (-t[osl]*r[ycr]), n.; pl. {Depositories} (-r[icr]z). 1. A place where anything is deposited for sale or keeping; as, warehouse is a depository for goods; a clerk's office is a depository for records. 2. One with whom something is deposited; a depositary. I am the sole depository of my own secret, and it shall perish with me. --Junius. | |
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Depository \De*pos"i*to*ry\ (-t[osl]*r[ycr]), n.; pl. {Depositories} (-r[icr]z). 1. A place where anything is deposited for sale or keeping; as, warehouse is a depository for goods; a clerk's office is a depository for records. 2. One with whom something is deposited; a depositary. I am the sole depository of my own secret, and it shall perish with me. --Junius. | |
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Depositure \De*pos"i*ture\ (-t[usl]r; 135), n. The act of depositing; deposition. [Obs.] --Sir T. Browne. | |
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Devast \De*vast"\, v. t. [Cf. F. d[82]vaster. See {Devastate}.] To devastate. [Obs.] --Bolingbroke. | |
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Devastate \Dev"as*tate\ (?; 277), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Devastated}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Devastating}.] [L. devastatus, p. p. of devastare to devastate; de + vastare to lay waste, vastus waste. See {Vast}.] To lay waste; to ravage; to desolate. Whole countries . . . were devastated. --Macaulay. Syn: To waste; ravage; desolate; destroy; demolish; plunder; pillage. | |
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Devastate \Dev"as*tate\ (?; 277), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Devastated}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Devastating}.] [L. devastatus, p. p. of devastare to devastate; de + vastare to lay waste, vastus waste. See {Vast}.] To lay waste; to ravage; to desolate. Whole countries . . . were devastated. --Macaulay. Syn: To waste; ravage; desolate; destroy; demolish; plunder; pillage. | |
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Devastate \Dev"as*tate\ (?; 277), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Devastated}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Devastating}.] [L. devastatus, p. p. of devastare to devastate; de + vastare to lay waste, vastus waste. See {Vast}.] To lay waste; to ravage; to desolate. Whole countries . . . were devastated. --Macaulay. Syn: To waste; ravage; desolate; destroy; demolish; plunder; pillage. | |
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Devastation \Dev`as*ta"tion\, n. [Cf. F. d[82]vastation.] 1. The act of devastating, or the state of being devastated; a laying waste. Even now the devastation is begun, And half the business of destruction done. --Goldsmith. 2. (Law) Waste of the goods of the deceased by an executor or administrator. --Blackstone. Syn: Desolation; ravage; waste; havoc; destruction; ruin; overthrow. | |
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Devastator \Dev"as*ta`tor\, n. [L.] One who, or that which, devastates. --Emerson. | |
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Devest \De*vest"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Devested}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Devesting}.] [L. devestire to undress; de + vestire to dress: cf. OF. devestir, F. d[82]v[88]tir. Cf. {Divest}.] 1. To divest; to undress. --Shak. 2. To take away, as an authority, title, etc., to deprive; to alienate, as an estate. Note: This word is now generally written divest, except in the legal sense. | |
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Devest \De*vest"\, v. i. (Law) To be taken away, lost, or alienated, as a title or an estate. | |
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Devest \De*vest"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Devested}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Devesting}.] [L. devestire to undress; de + vestire to dress: cf. OF. devestir, F. d[82]v[88]tir. Cf. {Divest}.] 1. To divest; to undress. --Shak. 2. To take away, as an authority, title, etc., to deprive; to alienate, as an estate. Note: This word is now generally written divest, except in the legal sense. | |
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Devest \De*vest"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Devested}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Devesting}.] [L. devestire to undress; de + vestire to dress: cf. OF. devestir, F. d[82]v[88]tir. Cf. {Divest}.] 1. To divest; to undress. --Shak. 2. To take away, as an authority, title, etc., to deprive; to alienate, as an estate. Note: This word is now generally written divest, except in the legal sense. | |
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Devexity \De*vex"i*ty\, n. [L. devexitas, fr. devexus. See {Devex}, a.] A bending downward; a sloping; incurvation downward; declivity. [R.] --Davies (Wit's Pilgr.) | |
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Devise \De*vise"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Devised}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Devising}.] [OF. deviser to distribute, regulate, direct, relate, F., to chat, fr. L. divisus divided, distributed, p. p. of dividere. See {Divide}, and cf. {Device}.] 1. To form in the mind by new combinations of ideas, new applications of principles, or new arrangement of parts; to formulate by thought; to contrive; to excogitate; to invent; to plan; to scheme; as, to devise an engine, a new mode of writing, a plan of defense, or an argument. To devise curious works. --Ex. CCTV. 32. Devising schemes to realize his ambitious views. --Bancroft. 2. To plan or scheme for; to purpose to obtain. For wisdom is most riches; fools therefore They are which fortunes do by vows devise. --Spenser. 3. To say; to relate; to describe. [Obs.] --Chaucer. 4. To imagine; to guess. [Obs.] --Spenser. 5. (Law) To give by will; -- used of real estate; formerly, also, of chattels. Syn: To bequeath; invent; discover; contrive; excogitate; imagine; plan; scheme. See {Bequeath}. | |
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Devocation \Dev`o*ca"tion\, n. [L. devocare to call off or away; de + vocare to call.] A calling off or away. [R.] --Hallywell. | |
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Dibstone \Dib"stone`\ (?; 110), n. A pebble used in a child's game called dibstones. --Locke. | |
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Diffusate \Dif*fus"ate\, n. (Chem.) Material which, in the process of catalysis, has diffused or passed through the separating membrane. | |
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Diffused \Dif*fused"\, a. Spread abroad; dispersed; loose; flowing; diffuse. It grew to be a widely diffused opinion. --Hawthorne. -- {Dif*fus"ed*ly}, adv. -- {Dif*fus"ed*ness}, n. | |
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Diffuse \Dif*fuse"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Diffused}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Diffusing}.] [L. diffusus, p. p. of diffundere to pour out, to diffuse; dif- = dis- + fundere to pour. See {Fuse} to melt.] To pour out and cause to spread, as a fluid; to cause to flow on all sides; to send out, or extend, in all directions; to spread; to circulate; to disseminate; to scatter; as to diffuse information. Thence diffuse His good to worlds and ages infinite. --Milton. We find this knowledge diffused among all civilized nations. --Whewell. Syn: To expand; spread; circulate; extend; scatter; disperse; publish; proclaim. | |
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Diffused \Dif*fused"\, a. Spread abroad; dispersed; loose; flowing; diffuse. It grew to be a widely diffused opinion. --Hawthorne. -- {Dif*fus"ed*ly}, adv. -- {Dif*fus"ed*ness}, n. | |
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Diffused \Dif*fused"\, a. Spread abroad; dispersed; loose; flowing; diffuse. It grew to be a widely diffused opinion. --Hawthorne. -- {Dif*fus"ed*ly}, adv. -- {Dif*fus"ed*ness}, n. | |
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Diopside \Di*op"side\, n. [Gr. di- = di`s- twice + [?] a sight, fr. the root of [?] I shall see: cf. F. diopside.] (Min.) A crystallized variety of pyroxene, of a clear, grayish green color; mussite. | |
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Diphyozooid \Diph`y*o*zo"oid\, n. [Gr. [?] of double from + E. zooid.] (Zo[94]l.) One of the free-swimming sexual zooids of Siphonophora. | |
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Dipsetic \Dip*set"ic\, a. [Gr. [?].] Tending to produce thirst. --Wright. | |
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Divagation \Di`va*ga"tion\, n. [L. divagari to wander about; di- = dis- + vagari to stroll about: cf. F. divagation. See {Vagary}.] A wandering about or going astray; digression. Let us be set down at Queen's Crawley without further divagation. --Thackeray. | |
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Divast \Di*vast"\, a. Devastated; laid waste. [Obs.] | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Divest \Di*vest"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Divested}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Divesting}.] [LL. divestire (di- = dis- + L. vestire to dress), equiv. to L. devestire. It is the same word as devest, but the latter is rarely used except as a technical term in law. See {Devest}, {Vest}.] 1. To unclothe; to strip, as of clothes, arms, or equipage; -- opposed to {invest}. 2. Fig.: To strip; to deprive; to dispossess; as, to divest one of his rights or privileges; to divest one's self of prejudices, passions, etc. Wretches divested of every moral feeling. --Goldsmith. The tendency of the language to divest itself of its gutturals. --Earle. 3. (Law) See {Devest}. --Mozley & W. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Divest \Di*vest"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Divested}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Divesting}.] [LL. divestire (di- = dis- + L. vestire to dress), equiv. to L. devestire. It is the same word as devest, but the latter is rarely used except as a technical term in law. See {Devest}, {Vest}.] 1. To unclothe; to strip, as of clothes, arms, or equipage; -- opposed to {invest}. 2. Fig.: To strip; to deprive; to dispossess; as, to divest one of his rights or privileges; to divest one's self of prejudices, passions, etc. Wretches divested of every moral feeling. --Goldsmith. The tendency of the language to divest itself of its gutturals. --Earle. 3. (Law) See {Devest}. --Mozley & W. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Divestible \Di*vest"i*ble\, a. Capable of being divested. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Divest \Di*vest"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Divested}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Divesting}.] [LL. divestire (di- = dis- + L. vestire to dress), equiv. to L. devestire. It is the same word as devest, but the latter is rarely used except as a technical term in law. See {Devest}, {Vest}.] 1. To unclothe; to strip, as of clothes, arms, or equipage; -- opposed to {invest}. 2. Fig.: To strip; to deprive; to dispossess; as, to divest one of his rights or privileges; to divest one's self of prejudices, passions, etc. Wretches divested of every moral feeling. --Goldsmith. The tendency of the language to divest itself of its gutturals. --Earle. 3. (Law) See {Devest}. --Mozley & W. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Divestiture \Di*vest"i*ture\ (?; 135), n. The act of stripping, or depriving; the state of being divested; the deprivation, or surrender, of possession of property, rights, etc. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Divestment \Di*vest"ment\, n. The act of divesting. [R.] | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Divesture \Di*ves"ture\ (?; 135), n. Divestiture. [Obs.] | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Dovecot \Dove"cot`\, Dovecote \Dove"cote`\, n. A small house or box, raised to a considerable height above the ground, and having compartments, in which domestic pigeons breed; a dove house. Like an eagle in a dovecote, I Fluttered your Volscians in Corioli. --Shak. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Dovecot \Dove"cot`\, Dovecote \Dove"cote`\, n. A small house or box, raised to a considerable height above the ground, and having compartments, in which domestic pigeons breed; a dove house. Like an eagle in a dovecote, I Fluttered your Volscians in Corioli. --Shak. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Dubiosity \Du`bi*os"i*ty\, n.; pl. {Dubiosities}. [L. dubiosus.] The state of being doubtful; a doubtful statement or thing. [R.] Men often swallow falsities for truths, dubiosities for certainties, possibilities for feasibilities. --Sir T. Browne. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Dubiosity \Du`bi*os"i*ty\, n.; pl. {Dubiosities}. [L. dubiosus.] The state of being doubtful; a doubtful statement or thing. [R.] Men often swallow falsities for truths, dubiosities for certainties, possibilities for feasibilities. --Sir T. Browne. | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Davis City, IA (city, FIPS 19090) Location: 40.64022 N, 93.81193 W Population (1990): 257 (137 housing units) Area: 1.5 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Daviston, AL (town, FIPS 19816) Location: 33.05513 N, 85.63921 W Population (1990): 261 (118 housing units) Area: 23.8 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 36256 | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Davistown, PA Zip code(s): 15349 | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
De Peyster, NY Zip code(s): 13633 | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Deepstep, GA (town, FIPS 22108) Location: 33.01605 N, 82.96759 W Population (1990): 111 (47 housing units) Area: 2.0 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 31082 | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Deposit, NY (village, FIPS 20346) Location: 42.06397 N, 75.42188 W Population (1990): 1936 (834 housing units) Area: 3.3 sq km (land), 0.2 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 13754 | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Duboistown, PA (borough, FIPS 20144) Location: 41.22305 N, 77.03833 W Population (1990): 1201 (503 housing units) Area: 1.5 sq km (land), 0.2 sq km (water) | |
From Jargon File (4.2.0, 31 JAN 2000) [jargon]: | |
Duff's device n. The most dramatic use yet seen of {fall through} in C, invented by Tom Duff when he was at Lucasfilm. Trying to {bum} all the instructions he could out of an inner loop that copied data serially onto an output port, he decided to unroll it. He then realized that the unrolled version could be implemented by _interlacing_ the structures of a switch and a loop: register n = (count + 7) / 8; /* count > 0 assumed */ switch (count % 8) { case 0: do { *to = *from++; case 7: *to = *from++; case 6: *to = *from++; case 5: *to = *from++; case 4: *to = *from++; case 3: *to = *from++; case 2: *to = *from++; case 1: *to = *from++; } while (--n > 0); } Shocking though it appears to all who encounter it for the first time, the device is actually perfectly valid, legal C. C's default {fall through} in case statements has long been its most controversial single feature; Duff observed that "This code forms some sort of argument in that debate, but I'm not sure whether it's for or against." Duff has discussed the device in detail at `http://www.lysator.liu.se/c/duffs-device.html'. Note that the omission of postfix `++' from `*to' was intentional (though confusing). Duff's device can be used to implement memory copy, but the original aim was to copy values serially into a magic IO register. [For maximal obscurity, the outermost pair of braces above could be actually be removed -- GLS] | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
dBFAST {dBASE} dialect for {MS-DOS} and {MS-Windows}. | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
de facto standard A widespread consensus on a particular product or {protocol} which has not been ratified by any official {standard}s body, such as {ISO}, but which nevertheless has a large market share. The archetypal example of a de facto standard is the {IBM PC} which, despite is many glaring technical deficiencies, has gained such a large share of the {personal computer} market that it is now popular simply because it is popular and therefore enjoys fierce competition in pricing and software development. (1994-10-27) | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
defect {bug} | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
defect analysis improvement. Defect analysis generally seeks to classify defects into categories and identify possible causes in order to direct process improvement efforts. (1996-05-13) | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
defect density length. (1996-05-13) | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
device driver or {peripheral} device of a computer such as a {magnetic disk}, {magnetic tape} or printer. A device driver is responsible for accessing the hardware {register}s of the device and often includes an {interrupt handler} to service interrupts generated by the device. Device drivers often form part of the lowest level of the {operating system} {kernel}, with which they are linked when the kernel is built. Some more recent systems have loadable device drivers which can be installed from files after the {operating system} is running. (1994-10-27) | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
dpSather {Data-parallel} {Sather}. Fine-grained {deterministic} parallelism. E-mail: {(ftp://lynx.csis.dit.csiro.au/p/pub/ather/dpsather.papers)}. | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
Duff's device The most dramatic use yet seen of {fall through} in {C}, invented by Tom Duff when he was at Lucasfilm. Trying to {bum} all the instructions he could out of an inner loop that copied data serially onto an output port, he decided to unroll it. He then realised that the unrolled version could be implemented by *interlacing* the structures of a switch and a loop: register n = (count + 7) / 8; /* count > 0 assumed */ switch (count % 8) { case 0: do { *to = *from++; case 7: *to = *from++; case 6: *to = *from++; case 5: *to = *from++; case 4: *to = *from++; case 3: *to = *from++; case 2: *to = *from++; case 1: *to = *from++; } while (--n > 0); } Shocking though it appears to all who encounter it for the first time, the device is actually perfectly valid, legal C. C's default {fall through} in case statements has long been its most controversial single feature; Duff observed that "This code forms some sort of argument in that debate, but I'm not sure whether it's for or against." [For maximal obscurity, the outermost pair of braces above could be actually be removed - {GLS}] [{Jargon File}] (2001-06-22) | |
From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]: | |
Dove's dung (2 Kings 6:25) has been generally understood literally. There are instances in history of the dung of pigeons being actually used as food during a famine. Compare also the language of Rabshakeh to the Jews (2 Kings 18:27; Isa. 36:12). This name, however, is applied by the Arabs to different vegetable substances, and there is room for the opinion of those who think that some such substance is here referred to, as, e.g., the seeds of a kind of millet, or a very inferior kind of pulse, or the root of the ornithogalum, i.e., bird-milk, the star-of-Bethlehem. | |
From Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary (late 1800's) [hitchcock]: | |
Dabbasheth, flowing with honey |